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[Blake Noble]

So, with my paycheck here and the Olds motor leaving at the end of the week, I'll have enough cash to buy either one of these two cars.

1986 Pontiac Firebird, 5.0L V8 with 113K miles (swapped from an '85 Camaro), runs and drives, needs some mild bodywork, paint, and a home:

http://lexington.craigslist.org/cto/1465976167.html

1979 Pontiac Firebird "Redbird Edition", no motor or transmission, needs bodywork and paint, usable interior:

Now, if I buy the '79 Firebird, I'll be putting a 403 in it which I can pick up for $150 bucks. I could save that money easy, maybe keep the TH350-R I have, and put it on the road while I do the bodywork. Because Redbird cars are rare, I would probably just restore it back to stock. However, I wouldn't be surprised if I cloned it to a T/A.

As for the '86, I thought I would take some inspiration from this car:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9eO7rYC5xs

Edited November 17, 2009 by whiteknight

[Blake Noble]

Looking at the picture, I think that '86 Firebird might actually be an '86 T/A. It looks as if it has the T/A fender vents ...

[Justin Bimmer]

Please tell me this is a joke.

[Intrepidation]

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[Blake Noble]

Please tell me this is a joke.

It's a joke.

The joke is that it isn't a joke.

[Intrepidation]

How about using the money to finish up the Cutlass and the Regal instead of what can only be described as a money pit and scrap.

[Justin Bimmer]

I'm going to say this as nice as I can.

I see into the future. . .

The knight buys the T/A carcass.

Three days later, he rage quits on it and wants to sell it because he can't fix it in a week.

Please, don't do this.

[Blake Noble]

I'm going to say this as nice as I can.

I see into the future. . .

The knight buys the T/A carcass.

Three days later, he rage quits on it and wants to sell it because he can't fix it in a week.

Please, don't do this.

Sir, them's fightin words. You're on.

[Satty]

Do yourself a favor.

[Justin Bimmer]

If you do choose to purchase I suggest purchasing

OUTSIDE

the white area.

[Satty]

The definition of insanity (in layman's terms): Doing the same stupid thing repeatedly expecting different results.

[Blake Noble]

Repeatedly, huh? Repeatedly, huh? Repeatedly, huh? Repeatedly, huh? Repeatedly, huh? Repeatedly, huh? Repeatedly, huh? Repeatedly, huh?

[Blake Noble]

If you do choose to purchase I suggest purchasing

OUTSIDE

the white area.

Ah, there are shitty cars everywhere you go.

Perhaps if I were looking for a DD as before, I seriously would.

Edited November 17, 2009 by whiteknight

[FAPTurbo]

That '86 Bird's posting has been deleted.

I'm gonna jump on the D-BagWagon here, and ask... 'y u do this?!' =[

[Robert Hall]

Sounds like you are a glutton for punishment....moving from one money pit clunker to another...

[Justin Bimmer]

You are like the U.S. government dude. You pay cash for peoples clunkers.

As we all know, this is not a good business to be in.

[A Horse With No Name]

That Red bird would make a good parts car for in about ten years when you can afford a Trans AM and doing it right.

Assuming you didn't need sheet metal, glass, mechanical parts, interior parts, trim parts, or a vin tag that hadn't rusted into oblivion.

Seriously, if the Redbird was a 71 GTO I would use it as a parts car. And that ain't no 71 GTO!

Chris

[Blake Noble]

That '86 Bird's posting has been deleted.

Hmmm ... it was live earlier and hasn't been reposted. Guess they sold it to someone else.

I'm gonna jump on the D-BagWagon here, and ask... 'y u do this?!' =[

The Buick should be ok and I'm recovering all of my losses from buying the 307 and hiring someone to help put it in the car.

When I decided to put another engine in the Buick, I had planned to use the money regained from the sale of the Rocket 350 and the trans for a T/A or Firebird project.

Anyway, just forget I said anything at all.

[A Horse With No Name]

Maybe you can sell the redbird to the US Air Force...they could use it for target practive...preferably with something nuclear.

Chris

[Blake Noble]

That Red bird would make a good parts car for in about ten years when you can afford a Trans AM and doing it right.

Assuming you didn't need sheet metal, glass, mechanical parts, interior parts, trim parts, or a vin tag that hadn't rusted into oblivion.

Seriously, if the Redbird was a 71 GTO I would use it as a parts car. And that ain't no 71 GTO!

Chris

The Redbird doesn't seem that bad. Then again, you can never tell that much from a photo.

Speaking of GTOs (and cars like them), I know where there's a '72 GT-37 for sale. It has a lot of surface rust, but it hasn't rusted through and half of the interior is salvageable. Regarding the engine and trans, I have no idea if they're still in the car.

[FAPTurbo]

That Red bird would make a good parts car for in about ten years when you can afford a Trans AM and doing it right.

A scrap Pontiac being worth something in ten years time? Sounds like a good INVESTMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Justin Bimmer]

INVESTMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Robert Hall]

INVESTMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow..can't recall the last time I've seen a '78-79 Phoenix.

[Intrepidation]

INVESTMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Satty]

INVESTMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[Intrepidation]

INVESTMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[FAPTurbo]

Your INVESTMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! has gone up in smoke!

[Justin Bimmer]

Scaled INVESTMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Justin Bimmer]

INVESTMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Satty]

Pinball INVESTMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(yes, I realize thats not Josh's, but I couldn't dig up the pics he posted)

[A Horse With No Name]

Ouch...poor Solstice, 67 GTO, First gen Firebird...wow!

That 67 GTO IIRC someone drove off of a cliff in Greece, if it's the car I'm thinking of. Posted pics of it awhile back as a joke project for Camino.

The Solstice looks fixable, as does the G6 Satty posted. They could possibly be "real" cars again,

Methinks the redbird is a gonner.

Chris

[fightingbee]

Craigslist Sunbird Convertible

The bottom is about to fall out of this INVESTMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Edited November 17, 2009 by fightingbee

[Robert Hall]

Ouch...poor Solstice, 67 GTO, First gen Firebird...wow!

That 67 GTO IIRC someone drove off of a cliff in Greece, if it's the car I'm thinking of. Posted pics of it awhile back as a joke project for Camino.

The Solstice looks fixable, as does the G6 Satty posted. They could possibly be "real" cars again,

Methinks the redbird is a gonner.

Chris

The green '67 Firebird had been in really nice shape, until some moron drove a firetruck off a narrow road above this guy's driveway. The article was in the Denver Post a while back.

[Satty]

Hella sweet metaphor INVESTMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And yes, that is a Firebird under an outhouse, according to the website I got it from.

Edited November 17, 2009 by Satty

[FAPTurbo]

Ol' Skool, Depression Era INVESTMENT!!!!!!!!!!!

And yes, that is a Firebird under an outhouse, according to the website I got it from.

A Pontiac underneath an outhouse? That probably happens more often than we'd think.

Edited November 17, 2009 by Captainbooyah

[A Horse With No Name]

You guys are being too harsh...

$7 for some of that Motor majic from autozone ought to bring that 403 right back...$10 for some of that new finish car wax...$3 for one of those pine air fresh deals...a gallon of anti freeze...and she'll be ready for the show circuit.

Chris

[A Horse With No Name]

And you guys for real need to quit this...I am laughing my butt off.

Seriously, the old 30's pontiac and half the other cars are better starting points than what Knight posted.

But I really do hope Knight gets his bird in due time...and I hope its a real bird...

Chris

[fightingbee]

Hella sweet metaphor INVESTMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And yes, that is a Firebird under an outhouse, according to the website I got it from.

That looked like it once was a decent INVESTMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IMO, oh well.

[Satty]

That looked like it once was a decent INVESTMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IMO, oh well.

Probably was, but then some jackass rammed a convertible between it and the ground.

[Robert Hall]

And yes, that is a Firebird under an outhouse, according to the website I got it from.

Wow....people still have outhouses in the US in 2009? Shocking

[fightingbee]

[Intrepidation]

I'm all for knight getting a bird, although I think he should finish up the Cutlass first, but he just needs to start with something that isn't such...junk.

No hard feelings bro, but think of this thread as the decedent of our dearly departed EXCITEMENT!!!!!! thread.

[Robert Hall]

I'm all for knight getting a bird, although I think he should finish up the Cutlass first, but he just needs to start with something that isn't such...junk.

+1. That red car is so worn out it would take 5x what it's worth probably to bring it to clean condition...

No hard feelings bro, but think of this thread as the decedent of our dearly departed EXCITEMENT!!!!!! thread.

Good way to look at it. Pontiac has so much EXCITEMENT!! that you really can't contain it in one thread.

[Blake Noble]

No hard feelings bro, but think of this thread as the decedent of our dearly departed EXCITEMENT!!!!!! thread.

Ironic as I am the one who started that thread.

Credit goes to Satty for the meme, though.

[Blake Noble]

INVESTMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh shi-

[FAPTurbo]

Overseas INVESTMENT

[Intrepidation]

This Firebird may need an INVESTMENT!!!!!!!!!! in a nose job.

[Blake Noble]

INVESTMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There. Beat that.

After all, that was just a few mere inches away from actually being mine.

And hey, here's a challenge: if you think you can find a better T/A or Firebird than I can for under $1,500 and less than 300 miles away from zip code 40403, link me to it.

Edited November 17, 2009 by whiteknight

[FAPTurbo]

This thread is WINVESTMENT!!!!!

[Blake Noble]

This Firebird may need an INVESTMENT!!!!!!!!!! in a nose job.

POSTED IMAGE INVESTMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Edited November 17, 2009 by whiteknight